Job 28:25 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

English ASV

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

English Amplified

When He gave to the wind weight or pressure and allotted the waters by measure,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

When He gave to the wind weight or pressure and allotted the waters by measure,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

When God fixed the weight of the wind and distributed the water by measure,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,

English EASY 2024

He decided how strong the wind must be. He decided the size of the seas.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God gave the wind its power. He decided how big to make the oceans.

When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When God gave the wind its power And determined the size of the sea;

English God's Word - GW 1995

When he gave the wind its force and measured the water {in the sea},

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

When God fixed the weight of the wind and limited the water by measure,

English KJV 1611

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

English LSB

When He set weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

to make the weight of the wind, and He weighs the waters by measure.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"When He imparted weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He has weighed out the wind, and fixed the scope of the waters;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He made the mighty wind. He measured out the waters.

English NIV

When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

English NKJ 1982

To establish a weight for the wind, And apportion the waters by measure.

English NLT

He made the winds blow and determined how much rain should fall.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When he gave to the wind its weight, and apportioned out the waters by measure;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

When he gave to the wind its weight, and meted out the waters by measure;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He makes the winds blow and sets the boundaries of the oceans.

English Tyndale 1537

When he weighed the winds, and measured the waters:

Job 28:25 — Compare Translations